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October 10, 2012

Pharmacy employees, school bus driver accused of selling oxycodone

Rachel Brown rachelbrown@daltoncitizen.com

A Dalton Public Schools bus driver and two Chatsworth pharmacy technicians were among four people indicted recently in federal court on drug charges.

Indictment papers filed in federal court in Rome on Sept. 25 show Amy Johnson, 33, of Dalton, who works for First Student — a private company contracted to provide busing services for the Dalton school system — as well as Jeremiah Fiek and Living Well Pharmacy employees Amy Bearden and Sheila Cagle were indicted for conspiracy to distribute oxycodone “for other than a legitimate medical purpose” as well as five counts of distribution of a controlled substance. Ages and addresses for the other defendants weren’t immediately available.

The federal attorney handling the case was out of the office on Tuesday, and information on how the four defendants were connected was unclear.

Jeff Viktora, whom an employee said was a Living Well Pharmacy co-owner, said “not at this time” when asked for comment. It is not known if Bearden and Cagle still work at the pharmacy. Phone numbers for Bearden, Cagle and Fiek could not be found. The indictment doesn’t say where or whether Fiek was employed.

First Student location manager Anita Brown said Johnson, who has worked for First Student since 2004, was “placed on immediate suspension without pay pending the completion of the investigation.”

Reached Tuesday, Johnson declined to comment.

Craig Harper, human resources director for Dalton Public Schools, said Johnson was arrested Oct. 1 in “a federal case,” but he didn’t know what charges she faced or details about her alleged crimes. He said Johnson was not driving the school bus when she was arrested, and referred additional questions to the arresting agency.

“She had been successfully fulfilling all her work responsibilities without (incident),” he said.

Brown said all bus drivers undergo background checks before being hired and that Johnson’s check came back clean.

The dates the four defendants are accused of committing the drug offenses are May 25, May 29, May 30, May 31 and June 4. In each case, the drugs involved oxycodone or oxycodone mixed with acetaminophen.

The indictment by the grand jury means the case is clear to proceed to court, but a date on when that will happen wasn’t immediately available.

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